Ford Announces New F-150 Police Responder

The F-150 Police Responder is being assembled at the Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo and will arrive in fleets later this fall.

The new 2021 F-150 Police Responder is designed as a pursuit-rated pickup truck with a top speed of 120 mph and available Police Engine Idle, which lets an officer remove the key and securely exit the running truck without losing power to lights and sirens. An automatic four-wheel-drive mode and torque-on-demand transfer case constantly adjusts torque to front and rear wheels as needed to improve performance and handling on dry pavement, while increasing traction on wet, slick and less-stable surfaces, Ford reported in a release.

Introduced in 2017 as a unique all-terrain law enforcement tool, F-150 Police Responder is built on the all-new 2021 F-150 SuperCrew® platform and engineered to meet a wide range of agency needs – from allowing officers to travel with more emergency response gear to transporting mobile command centers. The truck continues to deliver greater towing capacity, payload capacity and interior passenger volume than any other pursuit-rated police vehicle and for 2021 adds even more capability.

Clay County EDC and Ford Motor Company contributed to this story